Act Three/Scene Two of A Complex Apology:  All Kids Doing Great

SCENE TWO:    With both parents happily remaining at home, the Darymple boys prospered.  The youngest Darymple won the Fourth of July Essay contest as a Sixth Grader and got to read his essay at the Como Park Fourth of July Celebration.  It was all about how great America is, specifically mentioning our freedoms, our creativity, and our compassion.  It included a part about how sometimes it seems hard to see how great America is, and how the good things don’t make TV all that much, but he concluded optimistically saying America’s best days were still ahead, that America serves as a beacon of hope to the rest of the world, especially because we can speak our beliefs without being punished, and that we will continue to be a great country so long as we act with compassion.

Joy and The Doc’s children also prospered.  Their oldest was quite the musical talent, even making it on TV as a teenager.  Maybe best of all was that, with Joy’s help, a group of neighborhood high school kids was successful in starting an Americorps program.  They simply wrote-up what they were already doing and said they could expand it.  What they were doing was earning money from “the neighborhood bank” by doing senior chore services, lawn-mowing, etc., and most importantly, running a great after-school and summer recreation program for the younger kids.

Tomorrow:  Scene Three